Sanitary toilet-seat cover and vending-machine therefor.



J. L. MALLORY.

SANITARY TOILET SEAT COVER AND VENDING MACHTNE THEREFOR.

EAPPLICATTON FILED JAN. 30. I914. RENEWED JAN. 25 1916.

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J. L. MALLORY. v SANITARY TOILET sEAT COVER AND VENDING MACHINE THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30. 1914. RENEWED JAN. 25. 1916.

1,1?5,537. Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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SANITARY TOILET-SEAT COVER 'AN'.D VENDING-MACHINE THEREFOR.

Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

Application filed January 30,1914, Serial No. 815,412. Renewed January 25, 1916. Serial No. 74,280.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JUxIoUs L. MALLORY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Toilet-Seat Covers and Vending- Machines Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements 1n sanitary toilet seat covers and vending machines therefor, an object of the invention being to provide an improved vending machine which will, when the proper coinis dropped in the slot, permit the withdrawal of a single sanitary cover.

A further object is to provide improved means for ejecting a cover when the proper coin is inserted to couple the operative parts.

A further object is to provide improvements of this character which are neat and attractive in appearance, which are adapted to be located in public toilets, and wlnch are strong'and durable in use.

WVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my improved vending machine..- Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the seat covers. Fig. 3 is a' view in horizontal section on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view in vertical longitudinal section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view in -vcrtical transverse section on the line 55 of Fig. 4. Fig. Gis a view in section on the line 6.6 of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view in longitudinal section on an enlarged scale through theejecting roller and its cooperating parts. Fig. 8 is a view in section on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Figs. 9 and 10 are perspective views of the levers 19 and 17 which are coupled by a coin to permit the ejection of a cover, and Fig. 11 is a plan view ill ustrat-,

lower chamber 6, I provide a follower plate 7 pressed toward the forward end of the casing by a coiled spring 8 to press a series laterally through a slot 11 in the side of easing 3 in position to be grasped and drawn out of the casing. The roll 10 is fixed to a shaft 12 extending up through partition t and having a pinion 13loosely mounted on the reduced upper end 11 of the shaft. A ratchet wheel 15 is keyed to the shaft 12, and spring-pressed pawls 16 are carried by the pinion 13 and engage the ratchet wheel 15, so that the parts are locked together when turned in one direction and free to turn independently in the other direction as will hereinafter appear. The pinion 13 meshes with a curved segment 16 on the end of a lever 17, the latter connected by a pivot 18 with the partition 4. A lever 19 is also supported on the pivot 18, and at its free end normally engages a finger 20 on the free end of segmental rack 16, and is held in this position by a spring 21. The levers 19 and 17 have notches 22 therein to receive a coin or check 23 when the latter is dropped through a coin chute 24 registering with a slot 25 in the top of easing 3. A flexible device 26 connects the free end of lever 19 with a pin 42 on a slide 27, which latter consists of a bar projecting through a slotted guide 28 in the side of easing 3, andv having a handle 29 on its outer end. The

pin 42 engages the guide 28 and limits the outward movement of the slide. When no coin is' in position between the levers, a longitudinal movement of the slide 27 serves only to swing lever 19, but the coin in position as shown clearly in Figs. 3 and 6, operates as a coupling to compel the levers 19 and 17 to move together, hence compelling rack 16 to impart a rotary movement to the roll 10 and thereby projecting one of the covers through the slot 11 far enough to be grasped and pulled entirely out. As soon as the handle 29 is released, spring 21 will return the-levers to normal position, as it will be noted that the free end of the lever 19 engages the finger 20 and compels the levers to return in unison. By reason of the arrangement of ratchet '15 and pawls 16,

roll 10 is free to turn in a direction to permit the cover to be withdrawn, as the pawls will ride freely over the ratchet wheel when the roll is turned in this-direction.

On one side of the coin chute 24, I provide a beveled enlargement 80 constituting a cam against which the upper edge of the coin strikes when the levers are moved in adirection to discharge a cover. This cam serves to force the coin downwardly from engagement with the levers, and compels the coin to drop througha slot 31 in the partition 4 into a coin compartment 32, the latter having av normally locked door 33 through which the coins can be removed from time to time.

While, of course, my invention is not limited to any particular manner of inserting the covers in the casing, I preferably make the endplate 3a removable, so that after the' last cover is discharged, this plate can be removed and anew supply placed in the casing.

As I preferablyform the covers of cardboard or'similar material which would be liable to stop .up an ordinary water closet, it is desirable that some means be provided for receiving the used covers, WViththis end in view, I provide a receptacle 35 secured by straps 36 to standard 2. This receptacle has a hinged cover 37 normally-inclosing a slot 38 through which the covers may be-positioned in the receptacle. The latter has a normally closed door 39 through which the covers may be removed from-the receptacle by an attendant.

I My invention is not limited to any paraccidentally displaced.

Without the proper coin, any movement of the slide 27 will serve only toswing the lever 19. YVhe'n the proper coin is dropped through the slot 25, it will be guided into the notches 22 in levers 19 and 17. A pull then upon theslide 27 will compel'the levers 19 and 17 to swing together, and segment 16 will turn the pinion 13 and roll 10 to eject a seat cover through the slot 11. When the le"ers reach an extreme position, the coin will be forced downwardly out of the notches 22 by means of the beveled lug or 30, nd fall into the coin receptacle 32. As sum as the handle '29 is released, the

-Inall spring 21 will returnthe parts to normal position. It .is notintended that the roll should givethe cover a sufficient movement the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described, a casing having a slot in the side thereof, a roll mounted upon a shaft in said casing adjacent said slot, means for pressing articles against said roll whereby upon rotation of said roll in one direction said articles will be delivered through said slot one at a time, a pinion mounted for rotation on said shaft,

a ratchet wheel fixed to said shaft and a,

pair of pawls pivoted 'upon said pinion and in engagement with. said ratchet wheel whereby when said pinion is rotated in one direction said shaft will be rotated correspondingly, an arm pivoted at one end in said casing and "having at its opposite end a rack segment in engagement with said pinion, a second arm mounted at oneend for rotationnpon the pivot of the first said arm, a spring for retracting said second arm, a fiiiger at one end of said rack segment adapted to be engaged by the free end of said second arm when said arm is retracted, a handle connected to said second arm for moving the same against the tension of said spring, and. means for establishing a connection between said first and second arms, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, a casing, a roll mounted upon a shaft in said casing,- a pinion rotatably mounted on said shaft, a ratchet wheel fixed't o said shaft, ,pawls on said pinion in engagement with said ratchet wheel whereby upon rotation of said pinion in one direction movement will be imparted to said ratchet wheel correspondingly, an arm pivoted at one end to said casing and being provided at its oppoholding the free end of said arm retracted,

a finger extending from said rack segment into the path of said second arm whereby the same will be retracted with the said second arm upon the operation of said spring, a lever connected to said second arm for moving the same against the tension of said spring, means for establishing connection between the said first and second arm, and means for breaking said connection, substantially as described,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JUNJEOUS L. MALLORY. Vitnesses:

M. E. DITTUS, CHAS. E. fPo'r'rs. 

